ERIC Number: EJ773568
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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Constructing Knowledge through a Role-Play in a Web-Based Learning Environment
Arvaja, Maarit; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Hakkinen, Paivi; Etelapelto, Anneli
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v28 n4 p319-341 2003
This study aimed to find out how and on what level the students of two separate secondary schools shared and constructed knowledge on imperialism by interacting through historical role characters in a Web-based environment. Furthermore, the study aimed to find out how social and contextual features affected the nature of knowledge sharing and construction. The data about the history project were gathered by various means in order to validate the findings of the case study. The results demonstrated that the level of the Web-based messages remained quite low. Also the use of the Web-based environment in terms of shared knowledge construction was rather weak. In comparison, different instructional activities of the two teachers resulted in different learning activities in the two schools and, thus, different level of interaction in the Web-based environment. The findings of this research are discussed in terms of important factors influencing the knowledge sharing and constructing activities. Forms of Co-Operation in Dyadic Problem Solving is appended. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Secondary School Students, Foreign Policy, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction, Sharing Behavior, Educational Environment, Discourse Communities, Role Playing, Problem Based Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Mediated Communication, Research Design, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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